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T.I. Has Landed A Recurring Role On The New VH1 Series, 'The Breaks'

The series focuses on hip-hop culture in the '90s.

The casting just keeps getting better and better!

VH1 has announced that T.I. will join the cast of the highly anticipated series, The Breaks, as a recurring character. The Grammy-award winning rapper will play Paul Anders, a big shot lawyer hired to defend Barry Fouray's character played by Wood Harris.

The Breaks series is a continuation of the movie which originally aired on VH1 earlier this year. We will continue to explore the journey of three young friends determined to make their stamp in the hip hop culture. According to the show's executive producers, Mann, Charnas, Strauss, Bill Flanagan and Darren Goldberg, The Breaks is "inspired by The Big Payback, a narrative history of the hip-hop business written by journalist Dan Charnas.

Along with T.I., the series will also star Mack Wilds, Wood Harris, Antoine Harris, and Teyana Taylor- to name a few.

The Breaks is set to premiere January 17th on VH1!